| Andy Jenkins | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | Rocky |
| Born | 11 March 1971 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
| Home town | Cosham, Hampshire England |
| Darts information | |
| Playing darts since | 1994 |
| Darts | 19g Andy Jenkins Dynamic Series |
| Laterality | Right-handed |
| Walk-on music | Gonna Fly Now - Theme from Rocky (1976) |
| Organisation (see split in darts) | |
| BDO | 1994 - 1998 |
| PDC | 1998 - present |
| Current world ranking | 70 |
| BDO majors - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Last 16 1996 |
| World Masters | QF 1999, 2000 |
| World Darts Trophy | Last 40 2007 |
| Int. Darts League | Group stage 2007 |
| PDC premier events - best performances | |
| World Ch'ship | Semi-finals 2007 |
| World Matchplay | Quarter-finals 2001, 2004 |
| World Grand Prix | Semi-finals 2002 |
| Grand Slam | Second round 2008 |
| Ch'ship League | Initial groups, 8th, 2008 |
| Desert Classic | Last 16 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 |
| European Ch'ship | First round 2008 |
| UK Open | Semi-finals 2004 |
| US Open/WSoD | Fourth round 2008 |
| Players Ch'ship Finals | First round 2009 |
| Other tournament wins | |
| Tournament | Years |
| England Open Swiss Open |
2000 |
| Updated on 19 November 2008. | |
Andy Jenkins (born 11 March 1971 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is an English darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation events. Jenkins had trials for Southampton Football Club while at school.
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Jenkins began his career playing in British Darts Organisation competitions and had some success in the Open events. He took the Embassy British Gold Cup Singles in 1994, England Open in 2000, Swiss Open and Japan Open in 2001 and the Isle of Man Open in 2002.
His record at the BDO World Darts Championship was disappointing. He made his debut at the Lakeside Country Club in 1995, and managed only one win in his seven consecutive appearances. His only victory came in 1996 against Belgian Bruno Raes, as suffered defeats to Andy Fordham (1996, 1998), Sean Palfrey (1995), Ronnie Baxter (1997), Graham Hunt (1999), Colin Monk (2000) and Kevin Painter (2001).
Despite his poor record at Lakeside, Jenkins made it to the semi-finals of the revived News of the World Darts Championship in 1997, and the quarter-finals of the Winmau World Masters in 2000.
He decided to switch to the Professional Darts Corporation in 2002 where his first round jinx continued - he lost to number nine seed Denis Ovens at the 2002 PDC World Championship. He rose steadily up the world rankings after joining the PDC and was seeded 10th for the 2003 World Championship. Again he went out in the first round to Chris Mason.
When the World Championship field expanded in 2004, the top players joined in at the third round stage - where Jenkins again lost his first match (to Bob Anderson). At the 2005 World Championship, Jenkins finally notched up a victory over Peter Evison, who had played dreadfully, averaging just 67.34 for the match. Jenkins went out to Painter in the last 16. A second round defeat came in the 2006 World Championship - Jenkins was seeded eight (his highest ever ranking) but went down to Wayne Jones.
He went into the 2007 World Championship as the number 12 seed. He finally managed a decent run to justify his consistent high ranking, putting out highly-fancied Adrian Lewis in the last 16 on his way to the semi-final. Raymond van Barneveld was too strong for him and won 6-0. In the 2008 World Championship, Jenkins got through a tough first-round game against Czech qualifier Miloslav Navratil but was then beaten 4-0 by the Alan Tabern in the second round.
Jenkins has had more success away from the World Championships. He reached the semi-finals of the World Grand Prix in 2002 and the semi-finals of the UK Open in 2004 - losing to John Part on both occasions.
Jenkins received a suspension from the tour following misconduct at the PDC's German Open event. He returned to the circuit on 15 May, with another nine months suspended in case of future misdemeanours. His suspension however cost him a place in the 2008 World Matchplay as he didn't win enough money to qualify.
He beat Phil Taylor at the 2008 Grand Slam of Darts but went out in the last 16 to Simon Whitlock.
Jenkins suffered a first round exit in the 2009 PDC World Championship, losing to Co Stompé. His inability to defend semi-final prize money from the 2007 Championship, meant that Jenkins dropped out of the top 32 on the PDC Order of Merit.
On November 29, 2009, the Darts Regulation Authority gave Jenkins a 24 month ban (20 months suspended) for an assault on Terry Jenkins that took place at the Nuland Players Championship in the Netherlands on October 25, 2009.
He lost in the first round of the 2010 World Championship to Peter Manley. He was due to participate in the 2010 Players Championship Finals, but due to his ban, his place in the draw was taken by Manley. After four months out, Jenkins returned the PDC circuit, but failed to qualify for any major events that year. His failure to qualify for the 2011 World Championship was his first absence from either World Championship since 1994.[1]